Study title

Substance Abuse Treatment: Background Information for Therapists' Career Choice 2008

Dataset ID Number

FSD2693

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2693

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Saarnio, Pekka (University of Tampere. Department of Social Policy and Social Work)

Other Identification/Acknowledgements

• Tolonen, Kari (University of Tampere. Department of Social Policy and Social Work)

Abstract

The data are part of Substance Abuse Treatment series, which comprises datasets that can be used in both quantitative and qualitative research.

This dataset contains responses to the background questionnaire that was collected from the therapists interviewed in FSD2692.

The respondents were first asked which treatment method or approach they themselves mostly used and how important they thought some often used methods or approaches were. Opinions were probed on whether the respondents would prefer to work with members of one sex over the other. The respondents were asked whether they had experienced sexual violence or abuse, had been exposed to someone's alcohol or drug problem as a child, had been interested in helping people as a child and whether they had personal experience of recovering from substance abuse. Finally, the respondents' religiosity and enthusiasm for their work were investigated.

Background variables included, among others, the respondent's age, gender, marital status, education and job title.

Keywords

alcoholism; childhood; drug abuse; occupational choice; rehabilitation; social services; social workers

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Specific social services: use and availability (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Drug abuse, alcohol and smoking (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Substance Abuse Treatment

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Saarnio, Pekka (University of Tampere. Department of Social Policy and Social Work)
• Tolonen, Kari (University of Tampere. Department of Social Policy and Social Work)

Time Period Covered

2008

Collection Dates

2008

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Qualified permanent employees working with clients in substance abuse treatment institutions

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

Judgement sampling was used when potential participants were picked from two different substance abuse treatment institutions on the basis of their being qualified permanent employees. The actual research participants were then randomly selected out of these. The questionnaire was sent to the interviewees prior to the interview.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

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Data Version

1.0

Related Datasets

FSD2692 Substance Abuse Treatment: Reasons for Career Choice 2008

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Saarnio, Pekka (University of Tampere): Substance Abuse Treatment: Background Information for Therapists' Career Choice 2008 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2012-01-18). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2693

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Ruisniemi, A. Saarnio, P. & Tolonen, K. (2011) Päihdetyöntekijöiden uranvalinta. Perheterapia 27 (4), 18-24.